Fostering Media Connections (FMC) is running its 2nd Annual Youth Voice Writing Contest, which offers prizes of up to $500 and the chance to be published in The Chronicle of Social Change and our bi-monthly […]

At The Chronicle of Social Change, we find it vital to make space in the media narrative for youth and young adults with lived experience in the foster care and juvenile justice systems. As it turns out, […]

December 14, 2018Leili Lyman Comments Off on For Youth in My City, Marijuana Is the Go-To Treatment for Trauma

For children like me who grew up in Richmond, California, our lived experiences are very different than our peers who grew up just miles away in the affluent Bay Area. In Richmond, you see everything […]

December 12, 2018Demontea ThompsonComments Off on Making Money Moves: Tips for Foster Youth Entering the Workforce

Many nonprofit organizations and agencies across the country are thinking about the best way to increase employment opportunities and support to foster youth. Counter-narratives are beginning to disrupt the assumptions and stereotypes that exist about […]